A small river running across Erindale Park. The river is clean and clear so you can swim there if you would like to.

Found this little fella when I was walking by the river. I think this species of spider is the one that can walk/move freely on water surface. A quick google search did the trick in finding the species name for this spider. They are commonly known as fishing spiders, dock spiders, wharf spiders or raft spiders. Its genus name is called Dolomedes and most of dolomedes species is semi-aquatic with some exceptions (source: wiki). Thankfully, my girlfriend didn’t see this spider, otherwise, this little fella would have been dead. I can safely assume that most common spider predator is my girlfriend’s feet ^^;;.

I was trying to get a close up picture but that’s as far as I can go without scaring it away. Curse my 18-55mm stock lens ^^;;. Nikon 105mm micro lens is beyond my budget (price is around $900); I can only dream, I guess.

Not sure what this caterpillar was doing by the river but doesn’t it live on trees usually and eat leaves ? ^^

On the way back to my car as we were about to leave the park and couldn’t resist to take another pictures.

Blue sky is blue. A nice sunny weather that’s proven to be scarce in this year summer in Toronto. We have a lot of rainy days this summer and not to mention that they usually accompany by lightning and thunderstorm.

I love this view. A combination of blue sky and green grass and a lot of families are enjoying themselves.

My friends’ back got taken in the picture. If they are the only people there, the picture will look even better ^^

This is a scenery from my condo. I just got back home from work and decided to take some pictures from my balcony.

I can see the Nestle building from outside.

Sunset

I was not sure what this is. I assume it’s some kind of aircraft but who knows ^^;;. It may be a UFO ? ;p

At Sheppard-Yonge subway on a Sunday morning. I was going to downtown for lunch with bunch of friends.

Everyone is a drug abuser including myself apparently ^^;;

Interior of Toronto Transit Commision (TTC) subway. They could use a better seat than the one it uses right now

The one and only “scramble” intersection in Toronto. A type of intersection that allows pedestrian to across diagonally in addition to the usual horizontal and vertical one. This “scramble” intersection is often seen in Japan.

Arrived at the centre of downtown Chinatown – Spadina and Dundas intersection.

Took my time when crossing the street by taking a picture ^^;

A typical grocery store / marketplace in Chinatown

A Pho restaurant where I was having lunch.

The menu.

Apparently this place has won few awards and recognitions and not to mention, it’s featured in local newspapers.

Cheap chinese bakery store at Chinatown. Most items are 2/3 for $1.00

I was grabbing some of these Deep Fried Curry Beef bun.

And of course, I couldn’t forget to get some of these custard pineapple bun ^^

These butter rolls also caught my attention ^^;;

Lastly, my favourite among others is egg tart.

Waiting in the line to pay for my breads

Tea Shop 168 in Chinatown.

I stopped by at nearby foot mart looking for some snacks ^^

Green-powered taxi/cab. It’s good for getting around Chinatown I guess but no idea how much it costs.

The well-known Art Gallery of Ontario is located near Dundas-University intersection. Even if you are not into art, it’s a must place to visit when you are in Toronto.

Toronto Police Department building at Dundas

Walking along Dundas as I was on my way back to Dundas subway station.

My gf and I went to a Japanese restaurant called EDO since they had a Summer special menu which is called Summerlicious. A lot of restaurants join this annual event in Toronto to promote their menu in order to attract customers. I think it’s really a good deal considering how much fine dining usually costs. Below is Seared Salmon Carpaccio, Ponzu Aspic and I think I finished it within 1 minute lol.

Sushi and Sashimi.

Shrimp and vegetable tempura

Tempura banana deluxe.

One thing about this type of restaurant is that the food is always in a small quantity = not filling enough for me ^^;;, however, the taste was really good though ^^

I’m still not sure what the logic is behind the forward/backward facing seats in the subway. It’s more efficient to park them all against the wall…but I guess that’s what you get with an inefficient corporation.

The forward/backward facing seats provide more seating room. If you replace the current forward/backward facing seats right now with ones parallel to the wall, you’d get two seats instead of four.

This would be very inefficient in, say, Tokyo or Hong Kong, since you’d get maybe four or five people standing where the two extra seats are. But here in Toronto where the traffic/passenger volume is much, much lower it makes perfect sense. xP

And yeah, the seats have been there for years upon years. They’re *old*. ^^; I do like them though, for some reason. They’re more comfortable than the hard metal ones you get on more “modern” public transit.

@litokid: We may have less volume of passenger but during rush hour, the volume can be considerably a lot in my opinion. I know I had to squish myself in the morning especially if you are trying to get in at Bloor subway

Chinatown was a great place to hit during the summer. Of course, you realize how much they jack up prices of anime goods and then you don’t go to those places anymore but for the food and other things.
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@Orcinus: They do jack up the prices of anime goods but if you look into anime figures in particular, they don’t really jack up the price a lot if I calculate the figure itself + shipping + border fee.

However, for other merchandise, I do agree that it’s too pricey since they all made in China ^^;;. 1000% mark up price I bet lol